Rural America Hit Hard By Recession…

From the website Daily Yonder:

Declining housing prices, combined with a sharp rise in high-cost loans, were important factors in the recent mortgage and foreclosure crisis that has affected metro and non-metro housing markets alike. The most recent data show that non-metro residents were slightly more likely than metro residents to have obtained high-cost loans just prior to the recession.

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BELONGINGLASVEGAS.ORG…

...was created by independent producer Adam Burke, as an online lily pad for stories about people living in southern Nevada. Belonging Las Vegas is a collaboration between Adam Burke and Nevada Public Radio. The project started out as a series of radio stories documenting community life in southern Nevada.

This time around, we're bringing you voices and faces: how people, families, and neighborhoods are faring in the worst economic downtown in Las Vegas' hundred year history. It's a story of hardship and challenge to be sure, but also one of generosity, innovation and reckoning.